Archive for August, 2011

How to Update .NET Windows Controls at Runtime

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 17 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: Programming

If you change the value of a control on Windows .NET form during runtime, it may not be updated with the changes. The following code should change the Text property of ToolStripStatusLabel, but it doesn’t work while its processing in the middle of its function. When its the last command in the function, it will [...]

Hello World Example in iText

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 16 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: Programming

iText is a .NET library for creating and manipulating PDF’s. It was originally written in Java but it was also ported to .NET. The book, “iText in Action”, has examples in Java only which will only be useful if a .NET developer knows this language.  C# examples can be found at iText.NET site. The code [...]

How to Bypass Activation on Palm Pre 2

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 11 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: How To

HP send me a Palm Pre 2 through a developer promotion they had not too long ago, and I had a very difficult time trying to get started using it. The problem occurs when the phone starts for the first time and you need to create an account on it with HP. I couldn’t connect [...]

3 Important Tools for Developing in JavaScript

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 09 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: Programming

JavaScript has become a language that every web developer must be deeply familiar with to build web applications, and it will even be heavily used in creating client applications for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system from Microsoft. The following sites will help you produce better, error-free JavaScript which is important if you want to [...]

August 2011 Smart Phone Market Share

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 08 Aug 2011 | Tagged as: Technology

The following are the latest smart phone market share statistics from Nielsen. Android is well ahead of Apple, which isn’t unexpected since more companies have Android phones for sale than Apple. The WebOS market share is low due to a slow start, but I expect that they will have significant gains in the future due [...]